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S. E. BRIGKER. GLEVIS.

No. 518,486. Patented Apr. 17, 1894.

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ATENT FFICE.

SOLOMON E. BRIOKER, OF ARGO, IDAHO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ORA G.PUOKETT, OF SAME PLACE.

o L EV I s SPECIFICATION forming part t Letters Patent No. 518,486,dated April 1'7, 1894. Application filed July 12, 1893. Serial No;480,213. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SoLoMoN E. BRIoKnR,

of Arco, in the county of Alturas and State of Idaho, have invented anew and Improved Olevis, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to improvements in clevises which are adapted foruse on plows, barrows and many other things to assist in hitching a teamto the said articles, orin connecting them with some other article.

The object of my invention is to produce a very cheap, simple, andstrong clevis which may be made of any necessary size, and which may beapplied to any usual article, also to construct the clevis in such a waythat there are no movable parts to get lost, no springs to get out oforder, and no weak portions to break; and further, to construct thedevice in such a way that its parts may be easily separated and aseasily locked, to the end that the clevis may be easily connected withany hauling or other device.

To these ends my invention consists of a clevis, the construction ofwhich will be here inafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part. ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clevis embodying my invention, showingit applied to a plow beam and provided with a hauling ring. Fig. 2 is aninverted plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail inverted plan ofthe clevis when swung open.

The clevis is provided with two similar members 10 and 11 which areadapted to clasp the object to which they are pivoted, and these membersare adapted to lie parallel with each other and at their outer ends theyare bent toward each other, as shown at 12 in Fig. 1, each bent portion12 terminating in an outwardly or forwardly curved arm 13 whichterminates in a hook 14, the two hooks thus formed being adapted to lieflatwise side by side, and to the end that a close fit may be made, theparts are flattened on their adjacent sides or meeting surfaces, asshown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. The front portions of the hooks arepreferably recessed slightly,

as shown at 15, so that a hauling ring 16 or equivalent device may beheld steadily in the recess when a strain is put upon the ring, althoughthis is not an essential feature of the invention.

The hooks 14 are of nearly circular shape, so that small openings 17 areleft between the points of the hooks and the curved arms 13,

members 10 and 11, and at the junction of the arms they are eachrecessed, as shown at 18, so that they may lie snugly together and thewalls of the recesses interlock so as to greatly strengthen the partsand prevent the two members from being excessively strained. The member10 has at one endapin 19 which is secured to the said member, but whichis pivoted thereto so that the clevis may turn on the pin, and this pinextends at right angles to the members 10 and 11 and is adapted to entera hole 11 in the member 11, so that both members will turn in unison onthe pin. The pin is provided, at its lower end, with a lateral or radialflange 20 which may be brought into registry with the slot 21 in themember 11, and when the slotand flange register the member 11 may bepushed on or off the pin. The flange20 extends at an angle to themembers 10 and 11 when the latter are in parallel position, consequentlythe member 11 can only be slipped when the clevis is open and therefore,when the clevis is closed there is no possibility of the member 11dropping 0E.

The clevis is applied to an article, such as the plow beam 22, byseparating the members 10 and 11, passing the pin 19 through a hole inthe beam, and the member 11 is then placed upon the lower end of the pinby bringing the slot 21 into registry with the flange 20 on the pin,pushing the member 11 upon the pin, and then turning it so as to bringthe slot out of alignment with the flange.

To insert the ring 16 or an equivalent device, in the hook 14 of theclevis, the hooks are separated slightly and the ring placed betweenthem and twisted so as to pass it successively through the openings 17of the hooks, after which the hooks are closed totendency to haul thehooks together, as well as keep the two members in close contact witheach other, and in practical operation the clevis works substantiallylike an ordinary clevis made of a single piece.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A clevis, comprising two members having outwardlycurved arms terminating in nearly circular and oppositely curved hookslying side by side, the openings between the points of the hooks and thecurved arms being out of register, substantially as described.

2. A clevis, comprising two members having outwardly curved armscrossing each other and terminating in nearly circular hooks curved inopposite directions and lying side by side, the curved arms beingrecessed where they cross each other substantially as described.

3. A clevis consisting of two members having nearly circular hookscurved in opposite directions and lying side by side, the inner end ofone member being provided with a key hole slot, and a pin or boltpivoted to one member and provided with a radial flange adapted to enterthe key-hole slot of the other member, substantially asdescribed.

SOLOMON E. BRIOKER.

Witnesses: I

T. B. LONG, CHARLES HARVEY.

